CHAPTER I.--GAIRLOCH OF THE PRESENT DAY.

No town in Gairloch--List of townships or hamlets--Ministers and services--Free churches and ministers--Schools--School Board--Table of Schools, with average attendance--List of school teachers--Side schools--School rate--Obstacles to regular attendance--Annual inspections--Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages--Pauperism--Poor-rates--Pauper lunatics--Medical officer--The county road--Private roads--Policemen--Justices of the Peace--Licensed houses--Postal arrangements--Telegraph--Carrier--Bank--Markets--Preventive service--Steamers--Rifle corps--Its three sections--Principal houses in Gairloch--Poolewe Public Hall 293